The heartbreaking reality of life- Loy’s family’s story

​Dear His Love and Sonshine family,
This is Rachel.



First picture is of Loy and her father

Second picture is of Henry’s wife, Irene, and his 3 daughters who left to right are Shalom, Blossom Cherish, Cheryl, and also Loy who is one of the sponsored children.

Third picture is of Henry and his family.

I was texting with Principal Henry of Gateway school yesterday and I had noticed in the second picture above, that he sent me yesterday, that there was a new child in the picture. He shared with me that he and his wife have brought Loy, one of the sponsored children to stay with him and his wife and their 3 daughters. I asked why Loy’s father is unable to care for her.
This is the message Henry shared with me regarding why Loy’s dad cannot care for her. It is horribly tragic the lives that many live in Uganda such as Loy’s family’s story.

Henry sent the message over a voice text but he also wrote down the reasoning as to why below.
I thought it might be powerful to hear the voice of an Ugandan share about another Ugandan’s life as I think it just carries more weight when hearing it rather than reading. If you want to read what he wrote see below.
Henry shares, “Loy's family comprises around ten family members. This family depends on casual work like digging. They hire land where they can grow food for survival. They do this coz the family head no longer works coz he was a fisherman and they were abandoned from carrying out any fishery work. Three years back, he was found out that he's diabetic and has ulcers, so he no longer works as before. For survival, they are hired to dig for others so as to get money for family basic needs like sugar, fees, medication among others. Their home is on a plot of 50ft by 60ft so they can't carry-on cultivation on this piece of land thus begging the rich with enough land to allow them put their gardens on their land. Anyway their welfare is not good. Each child is given a piglet to take care of such that if it grows, it's sold and pay for fees but has l said, space is the challenge to them. That's the little l know about this family.”

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